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The projection is a window into the nearby cosmos, where there is far more space trash than satellites. It is a dystopian view of space in our vicinity. A series of close-ups of collisions between satellites and space trash is projected onto the space dumping ground opening up above us.

The consequences of the economic crisis are shaking up the illusion of the wealthy West and changing the iconography of everyday European life – something which, until recently, we in the Western world have taken for granted.

Avatars just like people get jobless too, many of these speaking characters, virtual representatives and our alter egos are patiently waiting for someone to employ them, waiting until they either get a job or get outdated and trashed.

The project thematises the socially increasingly outcast act of smoking and its agents, the smokers. When on standby, a remodelled laptop with a mouthpiece displays the order “Light a cigarette for me!”, and this is taking place in a room where the visitors are forbidden to smoke.